There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.
it's the end of the world? That song always comes back to me. The World Ends in April was quite good. It was funny and it was real and it was the first book that didn't fall into the white default problem. Every character was clearly described as white, black, Asian, etc. And it wasn't clunky and it wasn't weird. It was actually refreshing!
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl was a book I understood better because of the Hidden Brain and this podcast I heard last winter. I really, really thought that TMOFG was really well done. One of the reviewers remarked that it has really flown under the radar and was surprised that more people hadn't read it. I am, too. I loved the friendships in this book. I loved them. And I highly recommend it!
